1h 21min | Animation, Family, Fantasy | April 1983 (USA)
Dot promises a mother kangaroo that she will find her lost joey. An orphaned rabbit overhears this promise and pretends to be a kangaroo because he wants a mom.
Director: Yoram Gross
Writers: Yoram Gross (original story), John Palmer (screenplay)
Stars: Drew Forsythe, Barbara Frawley, Ron Haddrick
Dot promises a mother kangaroo that she will find her lost joey. An orphaned rabbit overhears this promise and pretends to be a kangaroo because he wants a mom.
Director: Yoram Gross
Writers: Yoram Gross (original story), John Palmer (screenplay)
Stars: Drew Forsythe, Barbara Frawley, Ron Haddrick
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00:01:51Oh, I'll find him, thought Dot, as she walked slowly home.
00:01:56I'll find Joey for Mother Kangaroo.
00:02:01I'll find him, I promise.
00:02:04Oh dear, I'll keep searching till I find him, I promise.
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00:03:00Joey!
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00:03:06Joey!
00:03:08Joey!
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00:03:15Joey!
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00:03:28Oh, hmm.
00:03:36Maybe it's not so easy to find a baby kangaroo after all.
00:03:40If only I could ask someone.
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00:04:10Joey!
00:04:11What?
00:04:12Joey!
00:04:13Who?
00:04:14Who's that?
00:04:15Joey!
00:04:16Huh?
00:04:17Joey!
00:04:18Oh, I should have known.
00:04:20A human.
00:04:21A girl one.
00:04:23I'd understand it if you were a boy human.
00:04:26They don't have very good manners.
00:04:28But a girl...
00:04:29I'm sorry.
00:04:30Have I done something wrong?
00:04:32Done something wrong?
00:04:35You woke me up.
00:04:38And me.
00:04:39And me.
00:04:40And me.
00:04:42I'm so sleepy.
00:04:44I want to sleep.
00:04:47But it's daytime.
00:04:48Exactly.
00:04:49Can you think of a better time to sleep?
00:04:51Yes, at night.
00:04:53Night.
00:04:54Ha ha ha ha.
00:04:58What's so funny about that?
00:05:00If we slept at night silly, when would we eat?
00:05:04In the daytime.
00:05:05He he he he.
00:05:10about koalas do you little girl? I know that you eat gum leaves. Everyone knows
00:05:15that but do you know what kind of gum leaves? Well I'll tell you. Only the best
00:05:27yummy lovely fresh young tips like I like spotted gum but some of us like
00:05:39tallow wood or even red gum. Actually we koalas eat lots of different kinds of
00:05:47gum leaves. Why? Same reason as you humans eat different kinds of food. Good for us.
00:05:54Tastes nice. Mmm, yes. This one's like chocolate. This strawberry flavoured. And ooo, orange.
00:06:06Caramel. Very tasty. Caramel? Chocolate?
00:06:17Oh, yuck. Little girl, you're so silly. Oh, that was horrible. Where's the water please?
00:06:32Water? Now that's not funny. Oh yes it is. We koalas don't drink. Ever? Never.
00:06:46But what happens when you get thirsty? We eat more gum leaves.
00:06:56You said you don't eat in the daytime and look at you. That's not our fault is it?
00:07:04You woke us up. It will take us at least ten minutes to get back to sleep again.
00:07:10We've got to do something. But you don't do anything except eat and sleep.
00:07:15And what a delightful way to spend your life, eating and sleeping.
00:07:21Well, I suppose it's alright for koalas, but I think I might get a bit bored.
00:07:30It's very nice of you to tell me all those things, but what I really want to know is...
00:07:36Excuse me. I'm looking for a baby kangaroo, a little Joey. Poor thing, he's lost and his mother's looking for him.
00:07:45And so am I. And when I find him, I'm going to take him back to his mother and they'll both be happy.
00:07:51Do you hear me? Yes, little girl. I heard you.
00:07:56And have you seen Joey? No. Saw his mother though. Nice lady. Dropped in last week.
00:08:05She's still searching, poor dear. Looked exhausted and so worried.
00:08:12If you want to see her, she's coming back here to the big tree when the moon will be full.
00:08:17Oh, I'll come and see her.
00:08:19And about this Joey, a young kangaroo's got to drink, you know. Not like us. Try down at the river.
00:08:26He'll have to go there sooner or later. See the platypuses.
00:08:32They'll know if he's been around. Good night. I mean, good day.
00:08:39Thank you, koala. Thank you very much.
00:08:42Ah!
00:09:12Ah!
00:09:25Here I come, hopping through the bush all alone. Very miserable, the unhappy kangaroo.
00:09:34Poor little me. Doesn't anybody care about a sad, lost Joey?
00:09:42Mother! Oh, mother, where are you? It's your baby, looking for you. Your baby Joey.
00:09:52Oh! Well, it is a surprise. And that's the truth. It's a little girl.
00:10:00Right out here in the middle of the bush. Oh, excuse me, miss. I'm a poor, lost Joey.
00:10:08And I'm looking for my mother. And, um, did you happen to see a mother kangaroo looking for a Joey?
00:10:19A Joey's a baby kangaroo. Well? Well, look at you.
00:10:30I'm looking. So what?
00:10:34A kangaroo has a pouch.
00:10:39You're very funny. I think I'll call you Funny Bunny.
00:10:43I think I'll call you Funny Bunny.
00:10:56Oh, go on. Laugh at me. Maybe I do look a bit like a rabbit, but, oh, make fun of me. See if I care.
00:11:06Oh! Life is so cruel. You don't look like a little girl, but you probably are.
00:11:14What's your name? I'm Dot.
00:11:17Hello. Funny Bunny, would you like to come with me down to the river to meet Platypus?
00:11:23Yes. Oh, um, I don't know. I'm very busy at the moment.
00:11:28I'd just like someone to help me find Joey. But I suppose you've got lots of important things to do.
00:11:34Oh, yes. There's no doubt about that.
00:11:37So, if you don't have the time... I have the time. I have the time.
00:11:53If you're locked away inside a smoky city, and you never see a river or a tree,
00:12:03won't you come with us and then you can start your life again
00:12:08all together up the country roaming free?
00:12:13Roaming free, roaming free, roaming, roaming up the country.
00:12:22Roaming free, roaming free, you'll find us up the country roaming free.
00:12:32From the snowy mountains up at Kosciuszko, to the mangroves on the Arafura Sea.
00:12:42From Hay to Hoseidu, Narrabri to Mindaro, you'll find us up the country roaming free.
00:12:51From the lake at Kadabara, Wirakana, and down along the coast to Ureli.
00:13:01From Mount Hope to Wangaratta, Amaru to Unadatta, you'll find us up the country roaming free.
00:13:10Roaming free, roaming free, roaming, roaming up the country.
00:13:19Roaming free, roaming free, you'll find us up the country.
00:13:27Come and join us up the country, all together up the country roaming free.
00:13:42I will show you a real kangaroo jump. Dot, look!
00:13:47Bunny Bunny, be careful!
00:13:50Dot, Dot!
00:13:52Help! Help!
00:13:56Hold on, hold on! I'm coming, I'm coming!
00:14:00Over here!
00:14:02Help!
00:14:05Over here!
00:14:14Life is so cruel!
00:14:18Life is so cruel!
00:14:29Hey, platypus! Where are you?
00:14:33Stop it!
00:14:36I should think so!
00:14:38Possum!
00:14:40I knew it was human. You can tell their voices a mile away.
00:14:44What's wrong with my voice?
00:14:46There you go again. When will humans learn that we bush creatures don't like noise?
00:14:51I was only calling platypus.
00:14:53She's upstream. She'll be back shortly.
00:14:56Why don't you wait for her? Quietly.
00:14:59You humans are so noisy.
00:15:06No noise.
00:15:08You possums are so noisy.
00:15:17She calls me Funny Bunny. She is funny.
00:15:21Now we will see, little girl, who is funny.
00:15:30I've been here for hours. Where is... Oh, platypus!
00:15:36Oh, platypus!
00:15:46Oh, platypus!
00:16:02Platypus!
00:16:07Platypus!
00:16:17I'll get her.
00:16:37Are you all right?
00:16:39Oh, of course I'm all right.
00:16:42I am glad to hear this. Oh, hello. Goodbye.
00:16:46Hello, platypus.
00:16:48Oh, wait, please.
00:16:50What is it? What is it?
00:16:52I want to ask you something.
00:16:54Very well, but don't take too long. I'm busy.
00:16:56Like the koalas. Busy eating and busy sleeping.
00:17:00Oh, you must be joking. I'm the busiest creature on earth.
00:17:04I lay eggs, which is really a job for a chicken.
00:17:08Eggs?
00:17:09Eggs?
00:17:10Yes, eggs. Cute little things.
00:17:12And when they hatch, they drink their milk from me, which is really a job for a cow.
00:17:17Milk?
00:17:18Yes, milk. Mother platypuses give milk, don't you know?
00:17:22Milk, eggs, fur, a beaver's tail, a duck's beak.
00:17:27Platypus, what are you?
00:17:30I am four creatures in one body, and I am four times busier than anybody else.
00:17:35Therefore, little girl, goodbye.
00:17:37Platypus! Platypus! Where's kangaroo valley?
00:17:40Platypus!
00:17:42Oh, she's gone.
00:17:48Platypus!
00:17:50Platypus!
00:17:52Don't call her.
00:17:53What?
00:18:00For goodness sake, she'll be back soon enough without you calling her.
00:18:04She can't survive under the water for more than 18 breaths.
00:18:07Then she has to come out of the water for a big breath.
00:18:10Ouch! Ouch!
00:18:13What's wrong?
00:18:14Ouch! My wing! It's caught!
00:18:18Wait there.
00:18:26Oh, thanks. I always knew that you humans are kind of flying foxes.
00:18:32We are?
00:18:33Oh, yes. Extremely kind.
00:18:36Planting all those lovely fruit trees for us.
00:18:39Plums and apples and peaches and bananas.
00:18:43Very generous.
00:18:45If I can do anything for you in return, just say the word.
00:18:49Thank you, flying fox.
00:18:51Um, do you know the way to kangaroo valley?
00:18:53It's easy. You fly west for a little bit and...
00:18:57Whoops. Sorry.
00:18:59You walk west for a long time and there it is.
00:19:03Are you going to kangaroo valley?
00:19:06I thought only kangaroos went there.
00:19:09But you were human.
00:19:11Yes, but I'm looking for a lost joey, a baby kangaroo.
00:19:15Ah, we wish you good luck, little girl.
00:19:28Mother! Oh, mother, where are you?
00:19:33It's your baby looking for you.
00:19:39Oh, excuse me.
00:19:42Bunny bunny, stop it!
00:19:45You're not a little kangaroo. You're a bunny bunny.
00:19:49That's what you are.
00:19:51You're not a little kangaroo. You're a bunny bunny.
00:19:55That's what you are.
00:19:57Ah, that's where you're wrong.
00:19:59Look. Pouch.
00:20:01What do you say to that?
00:20:03I don't know.
00:20:06May I see?
00:20:08Oh, be careful, please.
00:20:12We joeys have very sensitive pouches, so you mustn't tickle.
00:20:18Sorry. It's a very fine pouch.
00:20:21But there is something else.
00:20:24What?
00:20:25It's the tail.
00:20:28Tail? What's wrong with my tail?
00:20:31I think it's the best tail in the world.
00:20:35Oh, yes, it's a very beautiful tail, but not a kangaroo tail.
00:20:40They're sort of long and pointy.
00:20:42And this is short and fluffy, like a powder puff.
00:20:46Powder puff? I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, but...
00:20:50No, no, I don't want to talk about it.
00:20:53Bunny bunny?
00:20:56Oh, well, I suppose I'll have to go to the kangaroo valley by myself.
00:21:01Kangaroo valley?
00:21:03Yes.
00:21:04Oh, what a coincidence.
00:21:06That's just where I was going.
00:21:17Oh, kangaroos!
00:21:31Maybe my mother is there.
00:21:34Wait!
00:21:47Mommy! Mommy!
00:21:50Bunny Bunny!
00:21:55Run, Bunny Bunny, run!
00:22:09Bunny Bunny.
00:22:13Bunny Bunny.
00:22:16Are we stretched flat?
00:22:23I got you out of there just in time.
00:22:26Thank you, Bunny Bunny.
00:22:28I don't know what I'd do without you.
00:22:34Bunny Bunny?
00:22:36Keep him up! Keep him up!
00:22:43Oh! Pow!
00:22:46Hey, what's this left?
00:22:48Boomer! Pow!
00:22:53Bang!
00:22:55Oh!
00:23:04Pow! Pow!
00:23:07Is he all right?
00:23:09Stop it!
00:23:10Bunny Bunny, stop it!
00:23:12Got you a good one that time.
00:23:20And what are you doing here?
00:23:22Can we help you?
00:23:23I'm looking for a baby kangaroo.
00:23:26Yes, come with me. I'll show you a baby kangaroo.
00:23:29I don't want to see a baby.
00:23:32I want to see a fight.
00:23:34I want to...
00:23:37Behave yourself and no noise.
00:23:42What is she doing?
00:23:46She's tidying up her pouch to make it nice and clean for the baby.
00:23:59Look, there's the baby.
00:24:03Baby? Where?
00:24:06There.
00:24:08Oh!
00:24:10He's only as big as... as a bee!
00:24:15Of course, all kangaroo babies are.
00:24:19What's he doing now?
00:24:21Climbing up to the pouch.
00:24:24Poor little thing. Can I help him?
00:24:27No, he knows what to do.
00:24:31See, he's looking for his milk.
00:24:37Oh, it was nice to see the birth of a baby.
00:24:42But really, I was just seeing if there's a joey around here without his mother.
00:24:48Oh, no, not here.
00:24:51If I were looking for a lost joey, I'd go north.
00:24:55North?
00:24:56That's where I'd be if I were a young fella.
00:24:59Funny you say that.
00:25:01North?
00:25:02That's where I'd be if I were a young fella.
00:25:05Funny bunny, did you see the...
00:25:07Oh! Funny bunny! Funny bunny!
00:25:11Where are you?
00:25:13Strange name for a lost joey.
00:25:15Funny bunny? It's not funny at all.
00:25:24If you walk in the bush at night
00:25:26In the wonderful silent sea
00:25:28By the flickering lantern light
00:25:30When the birds are all asleep
00:25:32You may catch the sight of old Skinny-Go-Root
00:25:34Otherwise Benjamin Sandy Coot
00:25:36Old Skinny-Go-Root, Skinny-Go-Root
00:25:38Otherwise Benjamin Sandy Coot
00:25:44With a snout that can delve and dig
00:25:46With claws that are strong as steel
00:25:48He roots like a pygmy pig
00:25:50To get his evening meal
00:25:52For creepy creatures and worms and fruits
00:25:54The highly relished old Sandy Coot
00:25:56Old Skinny-Go-Root, Skinny-Go-Root
00:25:58Otherwise, very wise, very wise
00:26:00Otherwise, otherwise Benjamin Sandy Coot
00:26:08Hello Bandicoot.
00:26:10Hello.
00:26:11I think I might be lost.
00:26:12Is North that way?
00:26:14Oh, wait a minute.
00:26:15Oh, I thought there'd be a nice juicy route here.
00:26:18Sorry.
00:26:19North?
00:26:20Oh yes, that's North.
00:26:21Oh, be careful though, you'll have to cross Snake Gully.
00:26:24It's full of creepy crawlies.
00:26:26The lizards are all right, but watch out for the snakes.
00:26:29They might be a bit bad tempered because of the heat.
00:26:32I'm going to the North Kangaroo Valley.
00:26:35Uh-oh.
00:26:36I know who that is.
00:26:38Goodbye.
00:26:39Remember what I told you.
00:26:47Heavens above, will I ever find my mother?
00:26:51If only there was someone I could ask.
00:26:56Oh, it's too good to be true.
00:27:00A little girl.
00:27:02Excuse me, little girl.
00:27:04I'm a poor lost joey.
00:27:08Funny bunny.
00:27:09And I'm looking for...
00:27:11Funny bunny.
00:27:12And I'm...
00:27:14What?
00:27:15You're not a joey.
00:27:18Tail?
00:27:21What's wrong?
00:27:22Tail?
00:27:25What's wrong with it?
00:27:27It works.
00:27:29Watch.
00:27:31Here comes the lost joey.
00:27:33Perfectly balanced on his...
00:27:38Oh, funny bunny.
00:27:40It's a beautiful tail.
00:27:42But there's something else which makes me believe you're not a joey.
00:27:47What?
00:27:48Your ears.
00:27:50What's wrong with my ears?
00:27:52I didn't say there was anything wrong with them.
00:27:54Anyway, they're longer than yours.
00:27:57That's just it.
00:27:58They're too long.
00:28:00Real kangaroos ears are only this big.
00:28:03And not so floppy.
00:28:05Oh, have I insulted you?
00:28:09No.
00:28:10Will you still help me look for joey?
00:28:13I haven't made up my mind yet.
00:28:16I've got to go through snake gullies.
00:28:18And I'm a bit scared.
00:28:20Snakes?
00:28:22Who's scared of snakes?
00:28:24Not me.
00:28:25Come on.
00:28:26I'll look after you.
00:28:35What?
00:28:38I...
00:28:39I thought I saw something moving.
00:28:41Over there.
00:28:47Snakes.
00:28:53There are the snakes.
00:28:55No.
00:28:56Only one.
00:28:58Shh.
00:28:59Don't move.
00:29:00You won't hurt him if we don't hurt him.
00:29:03You can open your eyes now, funny bunny.
00:29:05He's gone.
00:29:10Human.
00:29:16Funny bunny.
00:29:18Oh, dear.
00:29:19I've never seen a human in snake gully before.
00:29:22I've never seen a human anywhere before.
00:29:25What are you doing here?
00:29:27I'm on my way to North Kangaroo Valley.
00:29:29Is that north?
00:29:30That's Dead Tree Plain.
00:29:32Where's north?
00:29:33I've never seen north.
00:29:35But on Dead Tree Plain, there are numbats and echidnas.
00:29:38Numbats and echidnas?
00:29:40Yes, they get around a lot.
00:29:43Maybe they've seen him.
00:29:45Thanks, Goanna.
00:29:50Numbats and echidnas.
00:29:52I don't even know what they are.
00:30:15Numbats and echidnas.
00:30:18I don't even know what they are.
00:30:21Numbats and echidnas.
00:30:24I don't even know what they are.
00:30:27Numbats and echidnas.
00:30:30Numbats and echidnas.
00:30:33Numbats and echidnas.
00:30:36Numbats and echidnas.
00:30:39Numbats and echidnas.
00:30:43Looks the one way.
00:30:45Oh, hello. Are you numbats or echidnas?
00:30:49What's that?
00:30:51Looks like a human.
00:30:54Yes, it is.
00:30:56Hello, you stupid girl.
00:30:58We're tree kangaroos.
00:31:00Oh, I'm sorry, I couldn't see very well.
00:31:02Is this Dead Tree Plain?
00:31:04Yes.
00:31:05Where are the numbats and echidnas?
00:31:07They're around.
00:31:09The numbats are pretty shy.
00:31:11You'll have to wait till they come out to eat.
00:31:13The best place is down at the hollow logs.
00:31:16And can you tell me please, how will I find the echidnas?
00:31:20You'll find them soon enough.
00:31:22But you'd better watch your step.
00:31:24What do you mean?
00:31:31Here comes the little joey.
00:31:33Hopping through the bush looking for his mother.
00:31:37Oh, where can she be?
00:31:42I'll just stop for a second and listen for her with my beautiful kangaroo ears.
00:31:55Oh dear.
00:31:57Oh, it's a little girl.
00:32:00Excuse me, little girl.
00:32:03I'm a poor lost joey and I'm looking for my mother.
00:32:09Have you...
00:32:11Now what's wrong?
00:32:13Aren't these kangaroo ears?
00:32:16See?
00:32:17Not too short, not too long.
00:32:20They're beautiful ears, Funny Bunny.
00:32:23But you're still not a joey.
00:32:26What do you mean?
00:32:28It's your hopping.
00:32:29Hopping?
00:32:30Yes, it's not quite right.
00:32:33You don't hop far enough or high enough.
00:32:36A real joey goes up, way up, like this.
00:32:41Up there?
00:32:43Yes.
00:32:44All right.
00:32:46If that's what you want.
00:32:48Funny Bunny, come back!
00:32:50Oh.
00:33:06Oh.
00:33:37I wonder what the tree kangaroo meant by, watch your step.
00:33:51Stop!
00:33:52Don't move.
00:33:53What?
00:33:54Why?
00:33:55Don't walk there unless you want a foot full of echidna spines.
00:33:58Oh no, thanks.
00:34:00Numbat, I'm a numbat.
00:34:03Thanks.
00:34:06Yes, numbat.
00:34:08And you'll meet echidna as soon as he's sick of playing hide and seek.
00:34:12I'll get him out for you.
00:34:14Hey, echidna.
00:34:16I found a nest of termites.
00:34:19Is he afraid of termites?
00:34:21No, he eats them.
00:34:23Here he comes now.
00:34:26Look, how horrible.
00:34:28Who'd eat termites?
00:34:30We would.
00:34:32You numbats eat termites too?
00:34:35Of course we do.
00:34:37What do they taste like?
00:34:38They taste like, um, a bit like, um, termites.
00:34:43Termites, termites, termites, termites, termites, termites, little termites.
00:34:50One termite looks like every other termite.
00:34:53Sort of fiddly and white and very small.
00:34:57It's a crying termite shame that all termites look the same.
00:35:01Once you've seen one, you have seen them all.
00:35:04Oh, termite custard, termite roast, termite jam, termite toast, termite sambal, termite stew, termite a la barbecue.
00:35:12Termites whipped and termites creamed, termites grilled and termites steamed.
00:35:15Little termites, don't you know that we love you so?
00:35:20Now, wouldn't you like to eat some termites too?
00:35:23It's very kind of you, but no thanks.
00:35:26I've just finished my breakfast, and I really don't think I like termites.
00:35:30That's odd. Why did you come to Dead Tree Plain then?
00:35:34I was told you may know where North is.
00:35:37I want to go north to find Joey, the baby kangaroo.
00:35:40You want the northern kangaroo valley?
00:35:45It's that direction, but it's a long way to go.
00:35:48Oh, sometimes I think I'll never make it.
00:35:51Walking and walking in this heat.
00:35:54It's going to rain this afternoon. That should cool you down.
00:35:58Oh, you can have a big drink of cold water now in Paddy Melon's pond.
00:36:03Yes, Paddy Melon loves visitors, and the water's beautiful.
00:36:09I thought a paddy melon was a fruit.
00:36:11Don't let him hear you say that. He wouldn't like it at all.
00:36:16A paddy melon's a tiny wallaby.
00:36:20Thanks, Numbats. Thanks, Echidna.
00:36:25Oh, just a minute. A word of warning.
00:36:28Paddy Melon's pond is in the valley, and there's a storm coming.
00:36:33They get flash floods down there. I wouldn't stay too long if I were you.
00:36:37Especially if it starts raining.
00:36:40All right. Thanks.
00:36:42Oh!
00:37:13Are you a paddy melon?
00:37:16Isn't a paddy melon the kind of fruit?
00:37:18Oh, it's all right.
00:37:20Someone looking for me?
00:37:23Actually, I wanted a drink.
00:37:26The Numbats said you wouldn't mind.
00:37:28Help yourself. They all come here.
00:37:43Hmm.
00:37:45They said you get floods here.
00:37:47Oh, yes. All the time.
00:37:49Whoosh! Right through. Water as high as treetops.
00:37:52That's dreadful. Why do you stay?
00:37:55I live here. It's my home.
00:37:57Anyway, as soon as it starts raining, I go up to Wallaby Towers.
00:38:01Wallaby Towers?
00:38:03Yes. It's a sort of apartment building for rock wallabies.
00:38:06It's just past Wallaby Village.
00:38:08Uh-oh. Here she comes.
00:38:11I'm off!
00:38:13Me, too.
00:38:41Oh, my God.
00:39:12Here comes the Lost Joey, looking for his mother.
00:39:17Oh, no. What a time to pick.
00:39:20He flies through the air with the greatest of ease.
00:39:27Uh-oh. What a surprise.
00:39:30A little girl.
00:39:32I'm a poor little Lost Joey.
00:39:36And I'm off!
00:39:41Bunny Bunny, what are you doing?
00:39:45Nothing.
00:39:47We can't stay here. Come on.
00:39:49No.
00:39:51This is no time for games.
00:39:53Kangaroos love rain.
00:39:55Come here.
00:39:57Won't.
00:40:01Oh, yes, you will.
00:40:12Come on.
00:40:14Hurry.
00:40:16Here.
00:40:20Ah!
00:40:26Bunny Bunny.
00:40:41Ah!
00:41:11Hey! Where do you think you're going?
00:41:14Is this Wallaby Towers?
00:41:16What if it is?
00:41:18I wanted a room, a cave, for the night.
00:41:22Why?
00:41:24Because it's terribly dark.
00:41:26And I'm afraid I can't stay here.
00:41:28You can't stay here?
00:41:30No.
00:41:32You can't stay here?
00:41:34No.
00:41:36You can't stay here?
00:41:38Why?
00:41:40Because it's terribly dark.
00:41:42And I'm wet. And I'm tired.
00:41:44Well, you can't have my cave. It's full.
00:41:46So is mine.
00:41:48And mine.
00:41:50I think it's pretty mean of you.
00:41:52I've walked miles and miles.
00:41:54And I was nearly drowned.
00:41:56And my friends have been washed away in the flood.
00:41:58And I don't know what's happened to him.
00:42:00And I'm only doing this to find the Lost Joey.
00:42:02And I think it's mean of you.
00:42:06Joey? Did she say Joey?
00:42:08I think so.
00:42:10Oh, well, that does make a difference.
00:42:12You can come up now if you like.
00:42:14We've got a special cave you can have.
00:42:16Humans used to live in it a long time ago.
00:42:18We never go near it now.
00:42:20It's dry and clean, but it's too spooky for us.
00:42:22I don't care. I'm so tired.
00:42:24I could sleep anywhere.
00:42:26Here it is.
00:42:28Wait. I'm coming.
00:42:35I'm coming.
00:42:37I'm coming.
00:42:44I'm coming.
00:42:46I'm coming.
00:43:05I'm coming.
00:43:11Oh.
00:43:13It is spooky.
00:43:19Oh.
00:43:21Poor funny bunny.
00:43:27I may look like a rabbit.
00:43:29But I'm not. No, I'm not.
00:43:31Got improvements. Rabbits haven't got.
00:43:33Can't you see I'm not a rabbit.
00:43:35I'm a little kangaroo.
00:43:37I'm the kangaroo that never grew.
00:43:39I'm the kangaroo that never grew.
00:43:47An ordinary rabbit from the zoo.
00:43:49From the zoo.
00:43:51Could not do the things that I can do.
00:43:53I can do.
00:43:55So of course I'm not a rabbit.
00:43:57I'm a little kangaroo.
00:43:59I'm the kangaroo that never grew.
00:44:01I'm the kangaroo that never grew.
00:44:05Look at my pouch.
00:44:07Furry and warm.
00:44:09The best place to be in a thunderstorm.
00:44:11Tale.
00:44:13Glorious kangaroo tale.
00:44:15How could such a tale ever fail?
00:44:25Of the 50 million rabbits running free.
00:44:27Running free.
00:44:29As many as me.
00:44:31Cute as me.
00:44:33And none of them is beautiful as you know.
00:44:35I'm the kangaroo that never grew.
00:44:37I'm the kangaroo that never grew.
00:44:41Look at my pouch.
00:44:43Furry and warm.
00:44:45The best place to be in a thunderstorm.
00:44:47Ears.
00:44:49Wonderful kangaroo ears.
00:44:51Only hearing what a kangaroo hears.
00:44:53With a hippity hop.
00:44:55And a one and a two.
00:44:57With a race a back.
00:44:59Case a back.
00:45:01Hear something new.
00:45:03Push out your paw and say.
00:45:05How do you do?
00:45:07Do a kangaroo amazing.
00:45:09A kangaroo remarkable.
00:45:11Kangaroo astounding.
00:45:13How do you do?
00:45:27Bunny bunny.
00:45:29You're all right.
00:45:31Of course I'm all right.
00:45:33We joeys don't worry about a few drops of water.
00:45:35Oh I'm so pleased to see you again.
00:45:37Oh I'm so pleased to see you again.
00:45:39Oh I'm so pleased to see you again.
00:45:41So tired.
00:45:43Funny way to greet an old friend.
00:45:45She takes one look at me.
00:45:47And goes to sleep.
00:45:49Oh um.
00:45:51I'm so tired.
00:45:53I'm so tired.
00:45:55Oh um.
00:45:57Maybe it's not such a bad idea.
00:46:15Funny bunny.
00:46:17Funny bunny.
00:46:19Oh I must have dreamt it.
00:46:21What a myth.
00:46:23Look what you've done to my house.
00:46:25Oh a rat.
00:46:27Rat. Rat indeed.
00:46:29I'm a marsupial mouse.
00:46:31Very rare. Very special.
00:46:33I'm sorry about this.
00:46:35I didn't know mouse.
00:46:37Actually I don't really mind.
00:46:39I was getting bored with it.
00:46:41I was going to redecorate anyway.
00:46:53Oh.
00:46:55That must be Wallaby Village down there.
00:46:57Oh.
00:46:59Hello.
00:47:01You like joeys?
00:47:03Yes I'm looking for one.
00:47:05A lot one.
00:47:07A wallaby joey?
00:47:09No. A kangaroo joey.
00:47:11He shouldn't be hard to find.
00:47:13Silly great awkward things.
00:47:15All legs and tail.
00:47:17But I suppose their mothers love them.
00:47:19Oh.
00:47:21I suppose their mothers love them.
00:47:23I know his mother does.
00:47:25That's why I'm helping her look for him.
00:47:27Have you tried asking the crocodiles up at Crocodile Creek?
00:47:29Crocodiles?
00:47:31What would they know about joeys?
00:47:33Quite a lot.
00:47:35They're not too bright really.
00:47:37But they're great observers.
00:47:39Crocodiles?
00:47:41Oh yes. They watch everything.
00:47:43Lie there all day.
00:47:45I hope your joey doesn't go too close.
00:47:47Nobody ever sees crocodiles until it's too late.
00:47:49Then how can I ask them questions?
00:47:51Carefully. Very carefully.
00:48:19Buffalo? Is this Crocodile Creek?
00:48:21I hope not.
00:48:23Crocodile Creek's just over the rise there.
00:48:25But watch out.
00:48:27Those crocs are very cunning.
00:48:29I hope not.
00:48:31I hope not.
00:48:33I hope not.
00:48:35I hope not.
00:48:37I hope not.
00:48:39I hope not.
00:48:41I hope not.
00:48:43I hope not.
00:48:45I hope not.
00:48:47Those crocs are very cunning.
00:48:49I'll be careful.
00:49:17I hope not.
00:49:19I hope not.
00:49:21I hope not.
00:49:23I hope not.
00:49:25I hope not.
00:49:27I hope not.
00:49:29I hope not.
00:49:31I hope not.
00:49:33I hope not.
00:49:35I hope not.
00:49:37I hope not.
00:49:39I hope not.
00:49:41I hope not.
00:49:43I hope not.
00:49:45I hope not.
00:49:47I hope not.
00:49:49I hope not.
00:49:51I hope not.
00:49:53I hope not.
00:49:55I hope not.
00:49:57I hope not.
00:49:59I hope not.
00:50:01I hope not.
00:50:03I hope not.
00:50:05I hope not.
00:50:07I hope not.
00:50:09I hope not.
00:50:11I hope not.
00:50:13I hope not.
00:50:19Crocodile!
00:50:21Crocodile!
00:50:23Good morning.
00:50:25Oh!
00:50:27May we be of assistance?
00:50:31Oh, yes!
00:50:33I didn't know you crocodiles were so polite.
00:50:37Oh, yes!
00:50:39Oh, yes!
00:50:41But would you come a little closer, my dear?
00:50:45Your voice is so soft, we can scarcely hear you.
00:50:49Yes, it's so rude to mumble like that.
00:50:53And as you observed yourself, we crocodiles are always terribly polite.
00:50:59So why don't you come just a little closer?
00:51:03It's all right, I'll just speak louder.
00:51:06I'm looking for a joey.
00:51:08So am I. They're delicious.
00:51:11No, I didn't mean that.
00:51:13Then why did you say it, my dear?
00:51:15Of course, I'm not fussy.
00:51:19If I can't find a joey, a buffalo will do.
00:51:22Or a grumpy.
00:51:24Or a little girl.
00:51:27You'd eat me?
00:51:28With the greatest of pleasure.
00:51:31But we're so very polite that we'd cry afterwards.
00:51:36Real crocodile tears.
00:51:39And then we lie in the sun.
00:51:41There's a big bad crocodile looking right at me
00:51:45on the banks of a muddy billabong.
00:51:48But he's here to entertain you, so please don't go.
00:51:52Won't you come along and hear his song?
00:51:56Oh, I'll scratch up all your finger bones and nibble off your toes
00:52:00and swallow them one by one.
00:52:03Then I'll lie for a while with a crocodile smile
00:52:07in the crocodile noonday sun.
00:52:19Whenever he eats children, he cries the whole night through.
00:52:23It always makes him very, very sad.
00:52:26But then he sheds a tear and a sniff or two.
00:52:30Then he doesn't feel so bad.
00:52:34Oh, I'll scratch up all your finger bones and nibble off your toes
00:52:38and swallow them one by one.
00:52:41Then I'll lie for a while with a crocodile smile
00:52:45by a crocodile stream in a crocodile dream
00:52:48in the crocodile noonday sun.
00:52:51Yeah!
00:53:00If you like eating spiders, if you like eating worms,
00:53:04well, that's such a greedy thing to do.
00:53:07But a crocodile is fuzzy.
00:53:10He likes two things, people pie and people stew.
00:53:15Oh, I'll scratch up all your finger bones and nibble off your toes
00:53:19and swallow them one by one.
00:53:22Then I'll lie for a while with a crocodile smile
00:53:26by a crocodile stream in a crocodile dream
00:53:30on the crocodile sand in crocodile land
00:53:33in a crocodile spoon to a crocodile tune
00:53:37in the crocodile noonday sun.
00:53:41In the crocodile noonday sun.
00:53:50I think I've come to the wrong place.
00:53:52Oh, but you haven't.
00:53:54You can't leave us now.
00:53:56It's not polite to go so soon.
00:54:01Oh, Funny Bunny, no!
00:54:08Funny Bunny, come here, quick!
00:54:11Were you addressing me, little girl?
00:54:14I don't think you'd be able to recognize a genuine joey
00:54:18even if you...
00:54:19Ow!
00:54:22Help!
00:54:25Help me!
00:54:26Don't move!
00:54:27You made that move.
00:54:30I can't move.
00:54:32Crocodile!
00:54:36That was very good.
00:54:40I've never seen anyone move so quickly.
00:54:43What a clever crocodile you are.
00:54:46Congratulations!
00:54:48Hmm.
00:54:50I can't understand a word you're saying.
00:54:53I never thought I'd see a crocodile behave in such a rude manner.
00:54:57Mmm, yum, yum.
00:54:58You should be ashamed of yourself.
00:55:00Don't you know it's not polite to talk with your mouth full?
00:55:03All I said was...
00:55:05Ah-ha-ha!
00:55:13Ah!
00:55:19Flying Fox, you said you'd help me, and you did.
00:55:25Oh, it's nothing.
00:55:26People think we look fierce.
00:55:28It frightens them.
00:55:29They shouldn't worry.
00:55:30We've got hearts of gold.
00:55:44Can we go down now, please?
00:55:46Sorry, can't stop.
00:55:48I'm running late.
00:55:49First stop, Flying Fox Island.
00:56:11Ah, home.
00:56:13Are we at the bottom of the ocean?
00:56:16Of course we are.
00:56:17There's a big shark swimming up to bite your bottom.
00:56:20Oh!
00:56:23That's not very funny.
00:56:25Hey, Flying Fox, where are we?
00:56:30Uh, I...
00:56:31I told you.
00:56:33Flying Fox Island.
00:56:35Yeah.
00:56:36Well, it's very pretty and all that, but I want to go to the beach.
00:56:41And all that, but I want to go home now, please.
00:56:44I like it better in Australia.
00:56:51Doesn't anybody sleep at night anymore?
00:56:54Shh!
00:56:55Don't wake him.
00:56:56He's probably exhausted.
00:56:58It's a long way, and carrying both of us.
00:57:03I don't like it here.
00:57:05I want to go home.
00:57:07Would you like it better in a crocodile's tummy?
00:57:11I want to go home.
00:57:13Stop it!
00:57:14You keep telling me you're a joey.
00:57:16Joeys don't behave like that.
00:57:18Funny Bunny?
00:57:21Don't worry.
00:57:22We'll find our way back.
00:57:23You'll see, Funny Bunny.
00:57:25Oh, all right.
00:57:28I'm sorry if I upset you.
00:57:30But right now, I'm starving.
00:57:32I'm going to look for something to eat.
00:57:34I haven't even had breakfast yet.
00:57:37Breakfast?
00:57:38Did you say breakfast?
00:57:41Yes.
00:57:42There's some bananas and coconuts over there for me.
00:57:44And lots of fresh green grass for you.
00:57:47Come on.
00:57:48In that case, I might stay a little longer.
00:58:00For afterwards.
00:58:09Oh, I've never seen so many birds in my life.
00:58:13I wish I had wings.
00:58:15I'd fly back home in 10 minutes.
00:58:18I thought you hated flying.
00:58:20No, I love it.
00:58:22Funny Bunny, the flying joey.
00:58:28Look at them.
00:58:33Beside the barren, beaten track of traveling blocks and herds,
00:58:36the woodpecker went tapping on the postman of the birds.
00:58:40I've got a letter here, he said, that no one's understood.
00:58:44Addressed as follows to the bird that's like a piece of wood.
00:58:48And this is what I heard from the postman of the birds.
00:58:55The soldier bird got very cross.
00:58:57It wasn't meant for her.
00:58:59The spur-winged clover had a try to stab me with a spur.
00:59:03The jackass laughed and said the thing was written for a laugh.
00:59:06I think I'll chuck this postman job and take to stripping back.
00:59:10And this is what I heard from the postman of the birds.
00:59:18Then all the birds from miles around came to lend a hand.
00:59:21They perched upon a broken limb, the thickest they could stand.
00:59:25And Jack, this old man eagle, all prepared to have his say.
00:59:29A portion of the broken limb got up and flew away.
00:59:33Then, casting grammar to the wind, the postman said, that's him,
00:59:37the Boo Book Owl.
00:59:38He's got himself along a broken limb and pokes his beak up like a stick.
00:59:42There's not a bird I bow can tell you which is Boo Book Owl
00:59:46and which is Broken Bough.
00:59:48And this is what I heard from the postman of the birds.
00:59:56And that's the thing he called his nest, his jerry-built affair.
00:59:59A bunch of sticks across the fork, I'll leave his letter there.
01:00:05A crook who wouldn't use his nest, but what's the odd to him?
01:00:08A bird that tries to imitate a piece of leaning limb.
01:00:16And this is what I heard from the postman of the birds.
01:00:20This is what I heard from the postman of the birds.
01:00:23There's not a bird, there's not a bird, there's not a bird I bow
01:00:27can tell you which is Boo Book Owl and which is Broken Bough.
01:00:34Oh, it must be fun to live on an island.
01:00:37Yeah, if you can get off it when you want to.
01:00:41I know.
01:00:42Come on, I'm just as anxious to get back as you are.
01:00:46I certainly won't find Joey here.
01:00:49You'll find one Joey already.
01:00:52How many more do you want?
01:00:53Bunny Bunny, don't be ridiculous.
01:00:55Some people.
01:00:57Oh, sorry, I didn't see you.
01:01:03Stop that noise.
01:01:04What was that?
01:01:06We're trying to get back to the mainland.
01:01:07Shh, enough of that.
01:01:09It's west, you can't miss it.
01:01:11What?
01:01:12To enter Australia?
01:01:13Oh, it might be a bit far for you.
01:01:15Look, why don't you go down to Battle Beach?
01:01:18Maybe you'll find an old army boat.
01:01:27Do what you like.
01:01:38Joey's don't talk to crabs.
01:01:40It's undignified.
01:01:42Pooey.
01:01:43Hello, crab.
01:01:44Hi there, kid.
01:01:46Welcome to the island.
01:01:47We don't get many visitors, I tell you.
01:01:49You've got an American accent.
01:01:51Sure, sure.
01:01:52Picked it up during the war.
01:01:54The army had a camp in the jungle here.
01:01:56I used to hang around the tents at night,
01:01:58listen to the G.I.'s talking and the radios.
01:02:01They had some great music in those days.
01:02:04Great dances.
01:02:05Hey, guys, remember this one?
01:02:14Oh, that was good.
01:02:19Thanks.
01:02:20Anyway, gotta keep the kids moving.
01:02:22They're supposed to be in the jungle by nighttime.
01:02:24See ya.
01:02:25Have a nice day.
01:02:26See ya.
01:02:28Come on, fellas.
01:02:29Let's move it.
01:02:30Come on, come on.
01:02:33They were all right.
01:02:34Of course they were.
01:02:36I don't know why you were so worried.
01:02:40Ouch.
01:02:42Oh, little fella, you must be hungry.
01:02:45Go and join your big family.
01:02:57Come on.
01:03:16That old beach.
01:03:20What are all these things?
01:03:22Trucks and tanks and machines and things.
01:03:26What are they doing here, those things?
01:03:29They were fighting here, all around here. It was a war.
01:03:33Who were fighting?
01:03:34Men.
01:03:35Humans?
01:03:36Yes.
01:03:37Why?
01:03:38I don't know. My father told me, but I didn't understand. I don't think he did either.
01:03:45Oh. What do they do in war? Do they, ah, do they just break things?
01:03:51No, it's terrible. They have guns and bombs, the men do, and they fight each other.
01:04:04And they're hurt, and lots of them are killed. Sometimes women are killed too, the mothers.
01:04:10And there's children left behind, with no mothers, and no fathers, and no one to look after them.
01:04:22Oh.
01:04:30Oh, funny bunny, did that make you sad?
01:04:34I didn't mean to make you unhappy.
01:04:36Oh, oh darling, I'm sorry.
01:04:40Sorry? What for? You haven't done anything.
01:04:45I tried to trick you. I kept pretending I was a joey, and I made you angry. I'm not a joey.
01:04:57Look, funny bunny, you didn't make me angry. I knew it all along.
01:05:03You knew I was only a rabbit?
01:05:07Yes, but it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what you are.
01:05:12It does.
01:05:14Why are you telling me this?
01:05:16Oh, because of what you said about the children.
01:05:21I don't understand.
01:05:23It happened to me too. There was a hunt for rabbits, and the shooters came, and my father was killed.
01:05:34And my mother too.
01:05:38Oh, poor funny bunny.
01:05:42Oops.
01:05:43And then I heard you talking to the koala, and you said the mother kangaroo was looking for her lost baby, and I wanted to have a mother.
01:05:53Kangaroos are so big and tall, so important.
01:05:59Nobody cares about rabbits.
01:06:02I don't want to be a rabbit anymore.
01:06:05But that's silly. Rabbits are important.
01:06:08What about Easter time?
01:06:10Whenever you think of Easter, you think of the Easter bunny.
01:06:14Have you ever heard of the Easter kangaroo?
01:06:18No.
01:06:20Well, there you are.
01:06:25What are you doing here on Battle Beach?
01:06:28All the humans went home years ago.
01:06:35I can't go home now. We can't find any boats.
01:06:40And it's too far to swim.
01:06:42I have to lay some eggs, and later I'm swimming home.
01:06:45If you wish to wait, I can take you to Australia.
01:07:05Turtle, will you take us back to the mainland?
01:07:08Yes, I'd love to.
01:07:10But I'm afraid I can't.
01:07:12Why not?
01:07:14I'm afraid I can't.
01:07:16Why not?
01:07:18I'm afraid I can't.
01:07:20Why not?
01:07:22I'm afraid I can't.
01:07:24I'm afraid I can't.
01:07:26I'm afraid I can't.
01:07:28I'm afraid I can't.
01:07:30I'm afraid I can't.
01:07:32Turtle, will you take us back to the mainland?
01:07:35Well, if you don't mind getting your feet wet, hop on.
01:07:39Thanks. Come on.
01:07:45I've changed my mind.
01:07:47I don't like wet feet. I'm not going.
01:07:50All right. Say goodbye to the crabs for me.
01:07:53All 50 million of them.
01:07:55Bye.
01:08:02I'm coming. I'm coming. Wait for me.
01:08:19Anytime.
01:08:20That was easy.
01:08:22I don't know what you were so worried about.
01:08:33Boo!
01:08:38Ouch!
01:08:40Come here, you!
01:08:42You'll never catch him, Funny Bunny.
01:08:45Gotcha!
01:08:47Funny Bunny, it's no use.
01:08:49Emus are much too fast.
01:08:51Even the chicks.
01:08:53Fast! Fast!
01:08:56Oh, Funny Bunny, why don't we...
01:08:58What?
01:09:00Will you take us to Koala Town?
01:09:03I will.
01:09:05How much have you got?
01:09:07Money?
01:09:08No, food.
01:09:09Give me something to eat, and I'll take you.
01:09:12I don't know what emus eat.
01:09:14Oh, just about anything.
01:09:16Leaves, grass, caterpillars.
01:09:18I haven't got any of those.
01:09:20Well, how about some buttons or bottle tops?
01:09:23Maybe a bunch of bees?
01:09:25Are you joking?
01:09:27I never joke about food.
01:09:29Nails? Any nails?
01:09:31I love nails.
01:09:32Sorry.
01:09:33Oh, don't be sorry.
01:09:34No food, no ride.
01:09:36That's all.
01:09:37Do you like bananas?
01:09:39Oh, even more than nails.
01:09:41But we haven't got...
01:09:42In your pocket.
01:09:45Oh, I forgot about them.
01:09:51Mmm, exquisite.
01:09:54Now will you take us to Koala Town?
01:09:57Why not?
01:09:58I was going there anyway.
01:10:03Not too tight there, Funny Bunny.
01:10:05I need plenty of air for this trip.
01:10:07Here we go.
01:10:09Wee-haw!
01:10:29Thanks, Emu.
01:10:31That was wonderful.
01:10:33Any more bananas?
01:10:35Sorry.
01:10:43I hope we're not too late.
01:10:45The sun's setting.
01:10:48Busy as ever.
01:10:50Oh, you're right.
01:10:52We'd better get going.
01:10:56Busy as ever.
01:10:59I'll have to ask him.
01:11:01Koala! Koala!
01:11:03Come on, fellas.
01:11:05It's nearly dark.
01:11:06Time to get up.
01:11:08Oh, it's too late.
01:11:12She's gone.
01:11:14Dot? Dot, is that you?
01:11:18Oh!
01:11:22Oh, you did wait.
01:11:25Yes, I waited.
01:11:27But they told me you couldn't find him.
01:11:29No. And you?
01:11:31No.
01:11:32I'm sorry.
01:11:33I tried.
01:11:35Some animals say he was taken overseas to a zoo.
01:11:38I know.
01:11:39All we can do now is hope that he's somewhere safe.
01:11:42That he's all right.
01:11:45It's finished.
01:11:48I will never have a mother or a father.
01:11:52Oh, what's wrong?
01:11:56Oh, well.
01:11:58I have the pouch.
01:12:00The tail's okay.
01:12:02I'm hopping like a little joey.
01:12:05When you are born a bunny,
01:12:07you just have to stay a bunny.
01:12:10Say la vie, as the French say.
01:12:13But really, is there anything wrong with being a bunny?
01:12:18I'm surprised not.
01:12:20I wonder if...
01:12:22Who is he?
01:12:25That's funny, Bunny.
01:12:27He's been with me the whole time.
01:12:29He's lost his mother and father.
01:12:31He's so lonely.
01:12:33But he's really very nice.
01:12:36Would you like to look after him?
01:12:39Dot, look!
01:12:41It's a joey over there.
01:12:43Joey!
01:12:45Joey!
01:12:46Joey, I found you.
01:12:48I found you.
01:12:50Me?
01:12:51Joey?
01:12:53I told you I look like a joey.
01:12:57Joey, my little joey.
01:13:01I've been looking for you for such a long time.
01:13:07How did you recognize me, Mother?
01:13:11You look like Father.
01:13:15It's funny.
01:13:17Some people think I look like a rabbit.
01:13:36You look like a rabbit.
01:13:41You look like a rabbit.
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01:13:56You look like a rabbit.
01:14:01You look like a rabbit.
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01:15:01You look like a rabbit.
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